Public Works

Public works are a broad category of infrastructure projects, financed and constructed by the government, for recreational, employment, and health and safety uses in the greater community. They include public buildings (municipal buildings, schools, hospitals), transport infrastructure (roads, railroads, bridges, pipelines, canals, ports, airports), public spaces (public squares, parks, beaches), public services (water supply and treatment, sewage treatment, electrical grid, dams), and other, usually long-term, physical assets and facilities. Though often interchangeable with public infrastructure and public capital, public works does not necessarily carry an economic component, thereby being a broader term. Public works has been encouraged since antiquity. For …

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UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 6 November 2024 English

Agenda This is an official side-event of the 12th World Urban Forum. Date : Wednesday, 6 November 2024 Time : 17:00 - 18:30 EEST

Noor, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Public Works of Levi Morsy/Unsplash  Bangladesh Panellists:


CEEW: Council on Energy, Environment and Water · 4 November 2024 English

Indicator Name Indicator Description/Data Point Ind_Weightage Data Source Correlation Rationale Estimation Method Literature/Guideline As per the DM Act of 2005 and the NDMA The National Disaster Framework for Preparation of …

Management Police EMERGENCY SERVICES (CI10) Public Works Shopping Center Petrol Pumps Guest House/Budget


World Bank Group · 31 October 2024 English

Although deaths and economic losses due to extreme heat are rising globally, heatwaves remain a "hidden hazard" whose impacts are underrecognized due to measurement and valuation challenges. Cities in India …

earnings per day from casual labor work, excluding public works, obtained from the Periodic Labor Force Survey


World Bank Group · 31 October 2024 English

This brief is developed as part of a series and provides an overview of the empirical evidence on the impacts of regulatory and worker protection interventions related to digital work …

Economy, Industry, and Commerce MOPT Ministry of Public Works and Transportation MOU Memorandum of Understanding


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 31 October 2024 English

The inaugural Asia-Pacific Climate Report offers an overview of the region’s evolving climate landscape, up-to-date public perceptions, and key areas for policy responses.

of interventions, such as cash transfers and public works. While these programs—and the people they seek


World Bank Group · 30 October 2024 English

ISR01870 Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Public Works, Infrastructure and Utilities 1. OBJECTIVE 1


World Bank Group · 29 October 2024 English

agricultural tracks through Labor-Intensive Public Works (LIPW).  Five storage depots and two water


World Bank Group · 29 October 2024 English

Project Implementation Agencies: Ministry of Public Works, Benadir Regional Administration (BRA), Garowe


World Bank Group · 29 October 2024 English

IDA / 62790 Executing Agency(ies): Ministry of Public Works and Transport WORKS Activity Reference No. /


World Bank Group · 29 October 2024 English

: Implementing Agencies : Ministry of Public Works and Housing (MPWH), Ministry of Home Affairs


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